Echinopora grandicula Claereboudt, 2006

Samiei, Jahangir Vajed, Dab, Koosha, Ghezellou, Parviz & Shirvani, Arash, 2013, Some scleractinian corals (Scleractinia: Anthozoa) of Larak Island, Persian Gulf, Zootaxa 3636 (1), pp. 101-143 : 123

Echinopora grandicula Claereboudt, 2006

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Material: ZUTC Cnid. 1018, colony fragment, Larak Island, 26° 53' 14.4" N, 56° 23' 43.4" E, Coll. J. Vajed Samiei, November 2010.

Identification guide: Claereboudt (2006)

Notes for local identification: Colonies are encrusting to sub-massive and have large, fleshy and exserted polyps. They are grayish blue.

Abundance: uncommon.

Depth of occurrence: About 3 to 5 m.

Figures

FIGURE 21. Echinopora grandicula, a, exoskeleton; b, close up of corallites; c & e, underwater photographs of different colonies; d & f, underwater photograph of polyps.